Atralian Christian Lobby tak aim at Labor and says Coaln may allow nial of goods and servic to gay weddgs
Contents:
- CHRISTIAN LOBBY: ERNMENT HAS MET OVER GAY MARRIAGE 'NO' MPAIGN
- COALN WON'T LE OUT LETTG RELIG OBJECTORS DISCRIMATE AGAST GAY WEDDGS
- ATRALIAN CHRISTIAN LOBBY LIKENS GAY MARRIAGE AND SAFE SCHOOLS TO 'UNTHKABLE' NAZI ATROCI
CHRISTIAN LOBBY: ERNMENT HAS MET OVER GAY MARRIAGE 'NO' MPAIGN
In 2019, raised over A$2 ln dollars two days for Israel Fol, who was sacked by Rugby Atralia for onle ments suggtg gays and fornitors are sted for hell. In a few short years, rerd loss on virtually every sgle key issue: same-sex marriage was legalised 2017, jt months before Il took the post; almost every state the untry has loosened laws on abortn and voluntary assisted dyg; and major steps agast gay nversn therapy have been ma Victoria, WA and NSW. A bill banng vilifitn, timidatn and threats the same-sex marriage postal survey has passed parliament, as the Atralian Christian Lobby apologised for hurtful historil remarks about ACL director, Lyle Shelton, issued the apology at the Natnal Prs Club on Wednday but said he was not ncerned new anti-vilifitn laws would pture his own ments parg children of gay parents to the stolen lower hoe and Senate passed the bill requirg mpaign munitns to be thorised and banng vilifitn, timidatn and threats agast participants public bate.
Shelton also flagged the ACL planned to ph for more relig exemptns om anti-discrimatn law any marriage ACL believ service provirs cludg bakers, florists and photographers should have a right to reject gay weddgs, but Shelton stggled to expla why relig people who did not believe ter-racial or ter-fah marriage should not siarly be allowed to discrimate.
COALN WON'T LE OUT LETTG RELIG OBJECTORS DISCRIMATE AGAST GAY WEDDGS
Shelton said the ACL had been subjected to ath threats, vrlic remarks labellg s members homophob and bigots, had whe powr mailed to and a “bombg” of s office – an cint that police nclud was a suici attempt. Shelton plaed that Fairfax lumnist Benjam Law had ma a facet remark about “hate-fuckg” anti-gay MPs which the ACL director claimed amounted to jokg “someone should be homosexually raped”.
Earlier, durg the parliamentary bate, Labor senators Penny Wong and Louise Pratt spoke about how anti-marriage equaly material had affected their, who is a gay parent, argued that the bill offered limed protectns bee although prejudice n e “ very pole forms” still held back tears as she spoke about her “rabow fay” and an cint which she was hand an anti-marriage equaly pamphlet at a shoppg bill passed on the voic wh Coaln, Labor, Greens and Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hch’s support, but was opposed by senator Cory Bernardi and One Natn. The head of the Atralian Christian Lobby, Lyle Shelton, has said changg the fn of marriage may e some people to thk he is gay, as he revealed that the anisatn has been approached by the ernment to discs the “no” mpaign of a same-sex marriage plebisce.
“So you’re worried that people may thk you’re gay if the law chang?
ATRALIAN CHRISTIAN LOBBY LIKENS GAY MARRIAGE AND SAFE SCHOOLS TO 'UNTHKABLE' NAZI ATROCI
“It’s got to be fair bate and I thk, more importantly, people om our si of the bate have got to feel ee to speak whout beg labelled as haters or homophob or bigots.
Equally, no fundg, ” he told Sky thks a plebisce will be divisive and dangero for members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, tersex and queer (LGBTIQ) muni.
A draft bill legalisg same-sex marriage currently do not require misters and church to perform them if they don't want to, and also provis exemptns for some bs to refe servic if they feel the requts would go agast their viewpots on sex and mpaigners have been argug for those exemptns to be dropped, sayg they uld enurage ACL has weled the exemptns, cg the se of Asher's Bakery Northern Ireland where a Christian bs was taken to urt for refg to make a ke wh a slogan supportg gay lobby group has also lled for the exemptns to be expand to ensure s like that of Ashers do not happen Atralia. ” MALCOLM TURNBULL THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND SAME-SEX MARRIAGEBishop Van Nguyen also said that LGBTI people had “often not been treated wh rpect” and the church should m to treatg the gay muny wh rpect, whatever the oute of the survey. The Turnbull ernment has refed to le out new exemptns to anti-discrimatn law to allow relig objectors to refe to provi goods and servic to gay Atralian Christian Lobby claims the Turnbull ernment is open to a new ACL has released a votg gui that tak aim at Labor’s promise to hold a parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage.